# What's Up with M&M's?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744 "2002-06-06T22:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/1 "2002-06-06T22:03:17Z")
Have M&M’s gotten shinier lately, or is it just me??? I have been a big M&M eater for years, but in the last two weeks or so the packs I have gotten seem to have a different “candy shell.” What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/2 "2002-06-06T22:04:39Z")
Mmm… caramel M&M’s… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/3 "2002-06-06T23:15:43Z")
I don’t know about that, but they _have_ cut the 1-pound bags back to 14 ounces. So long, “The Pounder”! ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/4 "2002-06-07T04:19:51Z")
Me, I hate the colors. I _liked_ the original ones! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/5 "2002-06-07T06:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*Me, I hate the colors. I _liked_ the original ones! ☹ \*\* Oh how I miss the tan M&Ms. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/6 "2002-06-07T07:28:07Z")
it’s a global thing. we have these new pastel colors here in China as well. I hate 'em. Using M&M’s to bribe China bambina into learning her colors… ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/7 "2002-06-07T14:57:54Z")
When they killed the last tan M&M I felt like part of my childhood died too. But what about the shells?? Are they messing with them now too? What’s next, sour M&M’s? Why can’t they just leave my M&M’s alone? ☹ ☹ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/8 "2002-06-08T02:12:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Mmm… caramel M&M’s… > > Esprix \*\* We have not yet been graced with these in New England. Could someone mail me some please? I will send you a fresh lobster. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/9 "2002-06-08T03:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **dinahmoe** _ > > We have not yet been graced with these in New England. Could someone mail me some please? I will send you a fresh lobster. Only if it’s live. And feisty. Gotta be feisty. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/10 "2002-06-08T04:03:08Z")
Caramel M&Ms are insidious things. **MsRobyn** sent me a whole case of them at Tech School. I am now approximately 10 pounds overweight. Upon reading the label, I understand why. They have 56% of the US RDA for saturated fat PER PACKAGE! :eek: Caramel M&Ms are the Devil’s own work, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/11 "2002-06-10T16:10:15Z")
Mmmm… Devil’s work… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/12 "2002-06-10T16:49:42Z")
I hate this new “choose the new color” campaign. I think all of the proposed colors suck, but even so the only possible choice is purple. It’s the only secondary color in the lot and I don’t think we should go to tertiary colors before exhausting the other six spots on the color wheel. Blasted marketing crap. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/13 "2002-06-10T17:23:35Z")
I missed out on the red white & blue ones. I guess I buy a bag and sort em myself, but that doesn’t seem normal. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/14 "2002-06-10T17:30:28Z")
You know why the colors suck? They’re Skittles colors. Do I need to confuse Skittles with M&M’s? Purple says grape to me. What with all the food exchanges that go on around here, it may be time to open up the SDMB Quickie Mart, where we can freely exchange regional and hard-to-get goodies. “Thank you come again!” ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/15 "2002-06-10T17:44:12Z")
I missed out on the red white & blue ones. I guess I buy a bag and sort em myself, but that doesn’t seem normal. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/16 "2002-06-10T17:52:38Z")
“Sanji to the front door with the Windex…” ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/17 "2002-06-10T18:41:45Z")
“Clean up on aisle 3.” ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/18 "2002-06-10T18:41:50Z")
“I have never seen such abuse of the take-a-penny leave-a-penny rule.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/19 "2002-06-10T19:07:15Z")
You Murkins do know that the M&M company is just changing them to look more like Smarties, right? Too bad they’re not putting Smartie chocolate inside them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744/20 "2002-06-10T19:09:42Z")
Ignorant Canadian - Smarties are sweet tarts, duh! Esprix [sub](NOTE: I know what Canadian Smarties are. I dated a Canadian. I’ve never been the same… eh?)[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-m-ms/112744.md?page=2)